STD prevention programs must develop an outbreak
response plan for specific STDs.
Outbreak response plans should include:
standards for surveillance and data management
procedures for analysis of data,
especially in subgroups to identify outbreaks in special populations and
small geographic areas
a timetable and schedule for
review of disease and epidemiologic trends
the threshold at which the plan
is to be executed
involvement of the affected community
staffing and resource considerations
notification to state and CDC
evaluation of the response
STD prevention programs should
implement their outbreak response plans upon reaching the threshold that
has been set.
STD prevention programs should
evaluate the effectiveness of the outbreak response plan immediately after
the outbreak has been controlled.
STD prevention programs should
periodically review the outbreak response plan to ensure that necessary staff
and other resources are ready to respond to an outbreak.
STD prevention programs should
annually review and evaluate the attributes of their surveillance systems
to maximize the ability to detect an outbreak.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA
30333, USA
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) TTY: (888) 232-6348, 24 Hours/Every Day cdcinfo@cdc.gov
Program Operations Guidelines for STD Prevention
